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Wake County to spend more than $67 million from opioid settlements; local reentry program highlighted
Summary
Wake County officials said the county will receive more than $67 million over 18 years from national opioid settlement funds and is distributing the money through a competitive grant process to support treatment, housing, prevention and recovery; Arise Collective was presented as a local example of a grant-funded reentry program.
Unidentified Speaker 1 (transcript label: Speaker 1), identified in the recording as a county spokesperson, said Wake County will use its share of national opioid settlement money to fund treatment, housing, overdose prevention, early intervention and recovery services. The county described a competitive grant process and encouraged residents to review funding priorities online at wake.gov/opioids.
Statewide settlement proceeds, the county said, total about $1,500,000,000, with approximately 85% directed to the local level. "Here in Wake County, we're slated to receive more than 67,000,000 over 18 years, and we're…
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